Top 10 Horror Movies that Deserve a Sequel
Kieran Fisher
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Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrFl800iYWI
Horror fans have been waiting on a sequel to Killer Klowns from Outer Space for nearly 30 years. At times we’ve been led to believe that it’s actually happening, and according to IMDb, Return of the Killer Klowns is planned for a 2018 release. Given that it’s still a beloved part of pop culture with a diehard fan base, it’d be a damn shame if our favorite alien Klowns didn’t receive at least one more opportunity to cause havoc. It’s not like there isn’t an audience for it after all these years.
But, as we all know, some things are just too good to be true in the movie business, and any news of a future sequel should be taken with a grain of salt. Horror movies are supposed to instill us with pessimism; yet, we fans are still an optimistic bunch when a small nugget of information does enough to get our hopes up.
Dog Soldiers (2002)
Neil Marshall’s Dog Soldiers is widely regarded as one of the best werewolf movies of all time, and it’s one of the films that put British horror back on the map during a quiet period. Supposedly a sequel was in the works to be released in 2014. It never happened, and we were all fools to believe that it would. That being said, that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t get a sequel. In a list dedicated to daydreaming and pining for films that will probably never happen, Dog Soldiers deserves a spot.
Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
Despite being the two most popular icons in the history of horror cinema, the idea of putting Freddy and Jason in the same movie was a ludicrous one that should never have worked as well as it did. It’s a rare occasion when pitting iconic characters against each other actually produces good results, but Freddy and Jason actually complemented each other surprisingly well. The film is the Jason show for the most part, although it feels very much like an Elm Street movie through its atmosphere. It’s much better than it has any right to be, and it is heartbreaking to think they’ll never go to war again – at least not with Robert Englund reprising his role as Freddy anyway.
Upon its release, the film was a modest critical and commercial success, and it ended with enough life left in both characters to warrant one last showdown. Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be although the idea of a sequel with Ash from the Evil Dead franchise was thrown around. While that didn’t come into fruition in cinematic form, the story was adapted for a comic book mini-series from DC and Dynamite in 2007.
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
When the end credits of Bubba Ho-Tep jokingly told fans to keep an eye out for a sequel titled Bubba Nosferatu: Curse of the She-Vampires, that’s exactly what they did. Following the amazing experience that was Bubba Ho-Tep, we were hungry for more Elvis Presley going up against the forces of evil. The demand was so great that a script was completed with Paul Giamatti attached to star, in addition to championing the idea on numerous occasions. So far it hasn’t happened, but this idea is just too good to lie around collecting dust – even though that’s probably its fate.
Deep Rising (1998)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6De_A9T07A
Deep Rising is a movie that set out with a sequel in mind, but its poor performance at the box office ensured that any chance of that happening was effectively dead in the water, much like the victims claimed by the film’s giant murderous sea creature. It ended with the survivors holed up on an island with active volcanoes and an unseen beast roaring from the jungle. Over the years the film has amassed a cult following, but the chances of a sequel ever happening were left shipwrecked on the island with the doomed survivors.
That’s our list. Are there any movies you feel deserve a sequel? Chime in below!
